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This is a lovely list of things to do, I'm always wary of writing/reading what children "should" be able to do for fear of causing angst among parents whose children haven't reached a certain "milestone" or other. My girls can't do a fair few of the ones listed - because I'm rubbish at them too - I haven't baked bread since my school days and I can be rendered speechless by my unstinting ability to be nobbled by a pesky quilt going into its cover. Off the top of my head, mine would be that by the age of ten children should understand that people are all different and that they should be able to respect those differences based on ethnicity, sexual orientation (yes really) or bakground, they should know how to laugh until their sides feel like they will split and they fear losing control of their bladder and they should know how to be a good friend.